OUR PROGRAMME STRATEGY 2020-24
- Snowballing benefits and positive changes for people, animals and the environment -
Romi’s Way is a holistic cycle of good actions results to good results. We are referring this to as a triangle of benefits (yes, circular, but in our case triangular since we always work with 3-parties; humans, animals and environment).
NEW STRATEGY 2020-2024
Romi’s Way believes we can learn, grow and heal with the help from animals and nature.
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Therefore Romi’s Way strategy to support and improve the lives of people is to seek for opportunities from the living nature.
In our 3/4-year strategy (including a flexibility due to COVID19) and project goals, we have identified the following activities for special groups of people:
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Romi’s Way Mission is to promote balance between humans, animals and the environment through provision of practical education, campaigns, research and inspirations towards positive social change.
Our vision is a world where human actions cause no harm, pain or imbalance to animals nor the environment, but where all three are harmoniously and respectfully coexisting and enjoying quality Life on planet Earth.
Our strategy for 2020-2024 includes the following targets:
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1) People: According to our current strategy, we are focusing mainly on women and children - because children are the decision makers of the future and mothers are their primary source of support, values, safety, care and needs (physical and mental) and therefore a super important group to anyone who wants to invest in the future.
In July 2021 started our Airbnb Community Foundation funded project called Mother2Mother (Mo2Mo) focusing on empowering and supporting vulnerable mothers and their families. This includes working with victims of sex trafficking, human trafficking, domestic violence, rape, forced migration and women with mental or physical disabilities, as well as mothers from LBGT communities. The funding is confirmed until the end of 2021.
2) Animals: Our main focus is to work with therapy animals, mainly equines (horses and ponies), in a way that these animals would be able to help support the needed healing process for humans (women, children and men), for other animals and for the environment. These activities will include, but may not be limited to equine assisted group & individual therapy sessions, equine assisted walking mediations and art-therapy with the support of horses and ponies. We are currently working on a new project, which subject to funding, is planned to start beginning of 2022.
3) Environment: We are to produce a video serious for Youtube for children, where we will help them understand the concept of climate change, how it can be managed in an age-appropriate manor, and what actions can be taken to connect children back to nature and animals. This video series will be followed by a published illustration activity book. Project funding is confirmed and will take place between September 2021 until end of February 2022.
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ETHOLOGY AND ANIMAL WELFARE (PILLAR V)
Many habits, values and decision making modalities are rooted to learned practices from childhood. The way we treat each other, the way we treat animals and the way we treat environment influences our adulthood behavior. Best way to ensure kindness, empathy, compassion and well developed emotional intelligence are embedded in all aspects of Life is to ensure we are investing on these values when teaching children.
Romi’s Way ethology education for children is teaching children and youth about animal welfare and also providing a different perspective to understand animals, their needs and their wisdom. We strongly believe this understanding is to be part of traditional pedagogy and taught in schools around the world. Investing on ethology is also a long term investment for the individuals themselves, providing a connection to reality and nature many urban children are at risk of losing while the ‘virtual world’ attracts their attention increasingly.
All Life is to be respected and Romi’s Way envisions a world all species are allowed to have quality Life supporting their natural needs and habits without humans causing them pain or harm. It is up to the next-generation to fulfill this vision with the support we can currently provide them.
Project funding needs for first 12 months – 30,000Euros